INDEX INTRODUCTION (Combination of files in this section) A PERSONAL VIEW A BRIEF INTRO & HISTORY ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES ACCESSING DIALOG: WAYS & LINKS WAYS OF ACCESSING DIALOG LINK TO DIALOGWEB LINK TO DIALOGCLASSIC LINK VIA TELNET GENERAL DIALOG WEB PAGES: LINKS DIALOG HOME PAGE CHRONOLOG (Dialog newsletter) DIALOG SUPPORT WEB PAGES: LINKS MOST USEFUL PAGES FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU DATABASE CATALOG (big PDF downloads but very useful) BLUESHEETS (One of your most important tools) DIRECTORY OF SEARCH METHODS & COMMANDS SUCCESSFUL SEARCHING ON DIALOG: TABLE OF CONTENTS ONLINE POCKET GUIDE INDEX (Probably the best single tool to use) DIALOG SEARCH SUMMARY QUICK REFERENCE CARD DIALOG SUPPORT WEB PAGES: LINKS INDEXES TO DOCUMENTATION & OTHER SUPPORT PAGES FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU DIALOG ONLINE DOCUMENTATION (Links most Dialog Support materials) SEARCH AIDS - WEB & CLASSIC ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL WEB-BASED DOCUMENTATION KNOWLEDGEBASE - (A database of answers to common questions) TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS & TUTORIALS SMART TOOLS (DB SELECTION FOR SPECIFIC SUBJECTS) Requires Acrobat LOCAL TOOLS (in Word .doc format) DIALOG CHEATSHEET PAGE 1 & PAGE 2 SEARCH/RESULTS/ANALYSIS WORKSHEET SEARCH PLANNING (Combination of files in this section) THE OVERALL SEARCH PROCESS PLANNING THE SEARCH USING SEARCH WORKSHEETS THE SEARCH PROCESS: A DIALOGCLASSIC/TELNET EXAMPLE SELECTING DATABASES DATABASES AVAILABLE TO SJSU SLIS STUDENTS SEARCH COMMANDS - STARTING (Combination of files in this section) BEGINNING DATABASES SELECT / SELECT STEPS FIND EXPAND (CHECK AUTHORITY FILES) SEARCHING INDEXES (Combination of files in this section) INTRODUCTION BASIC INDEXES: SUFFIXES ADDITIONAL INDEXES: PREFIXES SEARCH OPERATORS (Combination of files in this section) BOOLEANS PROXIMITY PHRASE SEARCHING - with (w) or () WILD CARDS / TRUNCATION OPERATORS: ORDER OF USE NESTING WITH PARENTHESES DATES LIMIT ALL STOP WORDS KEEP STACKING COMMANDS UTILITY COMMANDS (Combination of files in this section) HELP, COST, PAGE FORWARD-BACK SHOW & SET (HIGHLITE, FILES, KWIC #) FILE MONEY-SAVING COMMANDS THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT! WHY EVERYTHING COSTS SO MUCH SEARCH MODES - DIALOGWEB (Combination of local files in this section) DIALOGWEB ONLINE INTRODUCTION (Link to Dialog .pdf file) SETTING PREFERENCES IN DIALOGWEB DIALOGWEB STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLE COMMAND SEARCH TUTORIAL (Link to Dialog .pdf file) GUIDED SEARCH (WEB) GUIDED SEARCH TUTORIAL ONLINE (Link to Dialog .pdf) SEARCH MODES - DIALOGCLASSIC DIALOGCLASSIC ONLINE INTRODUCTION (Link to Dialog .pdf file) DIALOGCLASSIC/TEXT STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLE USING DIALINDEX DIALINDEX SEARCH LINK: DIALINDEX (FILE 411) BLUESHEET USING ONESEARCH ONESEARCH LINK: ONESEARCH GROUPS or CATEGORIES REVISING SEARCHES (Combination of files in this section) SEARCH ANALYSIS BROADENING & NARROWING A SEARCH RESULTS - OUTPUT (Combination of files in this section) OUTPUT COMMANDS: SORT, DISPLAY, TYPE OUTPUT FORMATS SORTING RESULTS REMOVING DUPLICATES SAVING SEARCHES MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS/RESOURCES DIALOGLINK Not pretty, but fast & useful for a pro.
INTRODUCTION (Combination of files in this section)
ACCESSING DIALOG: WAYS & LINKS
GENERAL DIALOG WEB PAGES: LINKS
DIALOG SUPPORT WEB PAGES: LINKS MOST USEFUL PAGES FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU
DIALOG SUPPORT WEB PAGES: LINKS INDEXES TO DOCUMENTATION & OTHER SUPPORT PAGES FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU
LOCAL TOOLS (in Word .doc format)
SEARCH PLANNING (Combination of files in this section)
SEARCH COMMANDS - STARTING (Combination of files in this section)
SEARCHING INDEXES (Combination of files in this section)
SEARCH OPERATORS (Combination of files in this section)
UTILITY COMMANDS (Combination of files in this section)
SEARCH MODES - DIALOGWEB (Combination of local files in this section)
SEARCH MODES - DIALOGCLASSIC
USING DIALINDEX
USING ONESEARCH
REVISING SEARCHES (Combination of files in this section)
RESULTS - OUTPUT (Combination of files in this section)
MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS/RESOURCES